Both long-standing, and recent, literature support the value of sustained infection prevention and control practices in reducing the incidence of preventable SABSI.
Measures to prevent SABSI in health care include:
2020
Fact sheet
Information for consumers regarding the use of face masks to protect against the transmission of COVID-19.
2020
Fact sheet
The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide guidance to health service organisations when establishing processes to accurately identify and record Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status.
2025
Data set
The Commission publishes hospitality, gifts or benefits that it receives throughout the course of performing its functions above the (estimated) value of $100 as per the Australian Public Service Commission's guideline.
2020
Corporate
A joint statement from the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) and the Commission has been made regarding the importance of responding to the long-term lack of improvement in compliance with antimicrobial prescribing guidelines in Australia.
Joint Statement from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) – Compliance with Australian guidelines for prescribing antimicrobials.
2020
Guide, user guide or guidelines
This document provides instructions on how to utilise two work boards within OrgTRx – one for data reported using CLSI guidelines, and another for data reported using EUCAST – to assist APAS contributors to extract data to create antibiograms.
2018
Publication or report
This report describes priority actions to prevent and manage of Clostridioides difficile infection in Australia.